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A famous Laoisman and his legacy
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Friday, April 30th, was the bicentenary of one of the O’Moore County’s most prolific and distinguished writers and historians. John Canon O’Hanlon, parish priest of Sandymount in Dublin, was born in Stradbally in 1821 and is probably best known in Laois for his History of the Queen’s County, which remains the most authoritative and informative work of its kind on the county’s past, even though it was completed by others and was published posthumously.
The digitisation of the History of the Queen’s County by the Laois Library services to mark the bi-centenary of his birth, will be welcomed by all students, local historians and researchers who have an interest in Laois’ historic past.
Immortalised by Joyce in the Nausicaa episode of Ulysses imparting benediction at the Star of the Sea Church in Sandymount on Bloomsday, June 16th, 1904, John Canon OâHanlon (1821-1905) was a noted historian and writer of 19th-century Ireland.
Best remembered for his monumental Lives of the Irish Saints, OâHanlon was also the author of numerous scholarly articles and 25 books, such as Irish-American History of the United States, History of the Queenâs County, Irish Local Legends, and The Poetical Works of Lageniensis.
Born 200 years ago on April 30th, 1821, OâHanlon grew up in Stradbally, Co Laois. He was educated locally in Stradbally and for a time in Ballyroan, before entering St Patrickâs College, Carlow, in 1840 as a seminarian.